MOUNT MORRIS TOWNSHIP, Michigan — The Beecher Community School District has a new acting superintendent, and it's unclear how long he'll be around.

Superintendent Jerri-Lynn Williams went on medical leave May 7, the day after she walked out of a board of education meeting after an argument with Board President Kimberly Green.

"Her and I had a dispute and she got up and walked out, and she returned back to work on the seventh and indicated that she was off until further notice," Green said.

Williams declined to comment when contacted by The Flint Journal.

Replacing Williams for the time being will be Paul Baker, director of Beecher's Early Childhood Education program. Baker applied for the superintendent position when Williams was hired in February, 2008.

Green said Baker was her first choice as superintendent and that she's glad to have him around.

"We're doing things we should have been doing all along," Green said. "He came in at a bad time because the budget has to be approved by June 30. He put the pen to the paper and got it done."